The universe has a sense of humour. It knows that no matter how many synchronicities it throws your way, you will never heed the warning.
The year before the pandemic, we went on a trip to Asia. I wanted something to read to take with me, so I bought a book called The Dog Stars by Peter Helle. It's a bittersweet tale of the apocalypse. It tells the story of a man who survives the pandemic and his struggle to remain alive in the ruins of civilization. It's a gripping story. Poetic, somber, and human. Also humorous.
Now I think back to that time when I purchased the book. It was my first "prepper" book. The Dog Stars. The title intrigued me. I first heard about the dog star from psychedelic thinker Robert Anton Wilson. Sirius, the Dog Star, is connected to the cosmic mysteries, somehow. Central to that mystery is the concept of synchronicity, the idea that some events are bound in spacetime. RAW even wrote a book about it called Coincidance.
I hold the Dog Stars in my hand and look at the cover page. Then turning it over, I read the blurb on the back.
"Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows."
Synchonicity? CoinciDANCE? I think I can hear Wilson laughing up in space.
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